Alone and Afraid

Barbara Cartland

Nov 2014 · The Eternal Collection Book 102 · Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd

About this ebook

Ever popular with the grasping beauties of the Social World, the handsome Marquis of Elkesley is disillusioned with their constant requests for expensive gifts – so he travels to Paris to forget them. There he receives a pleading letter from his close friend Celeste, one of Paris’ most notorious Demi-Mondaines. She has taken under her wing a frightened young waif called Kitrina and, Celeste’s sinful lifestyle rendering her unsuitable as a guardian, she asks the Marquis to make her his ward.Faced with the fact that Kitrina is the illegitimate child of a distant, dead and disgraced relative, he has no choice but reluctantly to agree. To his amazement, though, he is soon captivated by Kitrina’s unsullied innocence – but just as he loses his heart, he also loses the young beauty who’s stolen it when she is kidnapped by an evil Arab Sheikh bent on forcing her into marriage.

About the author

Barbara Cartland was the world's most prolific novelist, having written an astounding 723 books in her lifetime, including 644 romantic novels that achieved worldwide sales of over one billion copies and were translated into 36 different languages. In addition to romantic novels, she also authored historical biographies, six autobiographies, theatrical plays, and advice books on life, love, vitamins, and cookery. Cartland penned her first book, "Jigsaw," at the age of 21, which became an immediate bestseller, selling 100,000 copies in hardback in England and throughout Europe in translation. Remarkably, between the ages of 77 and 97, she increased her literary output, writing an incredible 400 romances to meet the global demand for her work. She wrote her final book at the age of 97, prophetically titled "The Way to Heaven." Her popularity was immense in the United States, where in 1976 her current books held the number 1 and 2 spots on the B. Dalton bestsellers list simultaneously, a unique achievement. Barbara Cartland became a legend in her lifetime, particularly cherished for her romantic novels. Her works are treasured for their moral messages, pure and innocent heroines, handsome and dashing heroes, blissful happy endings, and above all, her belief in the power of love as the most important aspect of life. Her millions of readers around the world continue to collect her books to read again and again, especially during times of misery or depression, finding solace in the love and happiness that define her stories.